Kobe Bryant movie currently in the works

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Kobe Bryant movie currently in the works

Writer: Heidi Hsia

Lakers icon Kobe Bryant tragically passed away in 2020

25 Aug - A movie on the late basketball star Kobe Bryant is currently in the works.

It was reported that Warner Bros is set to produce the upcoming film about the high-stakes process that led to Kobe getting drafted into the NBA in 1996, titled "With the 8th Pick".

Penned by Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen, the movie is said to focus on the New Jersey Nets and then-general manager John Nash, who held the eighth pick in the draft and considered taking Kobe out of high school. Kobe was taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th pick before being traded to the Lakers.

It is being described as "MoneyBall" meets "The Social Network" and Ben Affleck's "Air". However, no director has been hired for the project yet.

Kobe Bryant, who played in the legendary LA Lakers team for 20 years and won five NBA championships, passed away in 2020 after being involved in the Calabasas helicopter crash. He was 41.